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Reconstruction:Proto-Austronesian/bulaN

This Proto-Austronesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austronesian

Etymology

Compare Proto-Tai *ɓlɯənᴬ (“moon; month”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bulalʲ/

Noun

*bulaN

  1. moon (largest natural satellite of planet Earth)
  2. month
  3. menstruation

Descendants

  • Formosan
    • Bunun: buan
    • Tsou: feohʉ
    • Puyuma: vuran
    • Northern Formosan
    • East Formosan
      • Kavalanic
      • Amis: folad ("moon, menstruation cycle")
  • Proto-Malayo-Polynesian: *bulan (“month, moon”)
    • Western Malayo-Polynesian
      • Philippine
        • Northern Philippine
        • Central Philippine
        • Mindanao
          • Danao
            • Maranao: olan (“month, moon, pregnancy duration”); olana (“moonlight, night”)
          • South Mindanao
            • Tiruray: bulon (“moon”)
      • North Bornean
        • North Sarawakan
        • East Barito
      • Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian
      • Northwest Sumatran
      • Central-Eastern
        • Tetumic
        • Sumba
          • Kambera: wulangu
    • Oceanic
      • Admiralty Islands
        • Western Admiralty Islands
        • Eastern Admiralty Islands
          • Manus
            • Titan: ᵬul
        • Yapese: puul (“moon, month, period”)
      • St Matthias
      • Western Oceanic
        • Papuan Tip
          • Central Papuan Tip
      • Micronesian
        • Chuukic-Pohnpeic
          • Pohnpeic
            • Pohnpeian: maram pwul (“new moon”)
      • Central Pacific
        • Western Fijian-Rotuman
        • East Fijian
        • Polynesian
          • Tongic
            • Niuean: pula (“to shine”)
          • Nuclear Polynesian
            • Ellicean
              • Samoic
                • Samoan: pula (“bright, luminous”)
            • Kapingamarangi: bula (“to glow, shine”)
            • Rennellese: puga (“to shine”)
            • Eastern Polynesian
              • Tahitic
                • Maori: pura (“to twinkle”)

Synonyms

References

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